When Outlaws Meet (1919)
** (out of 4)
Outlaw Al Jennings and his buddy Slim stop off at a house to try and get some food and rest but the family just happens to be bootleggers and they think these guys might be with the government. A young boy goes to tell his father that government men are at the house and this sets off several issues. WHEN OUTLAWS MEET is yet another film, which I'm guessing is Jennings telling his version of something that might have happened. Who knows how things really happened as I'm sure Jennings, like his other films, made himself look much better than he actually was. As with a couple other of his shorts, this one here is pretty bland from start to finish and this one here also suffers from some poor filmmaking. There's never any real drama to anything that's going on and it's clear that the director wasn't interested in anything other than getting the film in the can and getting it shown. The cinematography is rather forgettable and several of the scenes are just downright ugly. The story itself is rather ho-hum as it never really grabs one's attention. The only reason to check this out is for Western buffs who want to see one of Jennings' stories.
